Posts Tagged ‘Bone Collector’
Recently, I was asked to play a homeless man in a promo for the upcoming season of The Bone Collector on Outdoor Channel. I enthusiastically agreed to the role, not just because I needed the money, but mostly to work again with the director and the show’s three stars, four of the most talented and generous people I’ve ever met. With their usual insistence on realism, the production company had the ubiquitous homeless person’s shopping cart prepared for me, and I was appropriately attired, dirty, bedraggled and unshaven. My very real head cold only added to the effect. In my artificially dirty hands, I held a hand-lettered cardboard sign that read ‘Hungry. Please Help.’ In the promo, the three stars of show–Michael Waddell, Nick Mundt and Michael Waddell–are riding down a bleak, inner city street in their commanding, black pickup truck when they see the homeless man on the side of the road and quickly devise a plan to help. Coming to a halt, the pickup truck completely obscures the homeless man. After a couple of seconds, the truck pulls away, revealing the homeless man now in full hunting camouflage with a state-of-the-art crossbow, binoculars, backpack, hunting boots and logo cap. At first, he is surprised and amazed at his transformation. Then, he sees a pigeon and, extracting an arrow from its quiver, goes into a stalking posture. As the truck drives away, the show’s logo in its rear window, a voice-who happens to be that of the homeless man–says to watch the …
Social media shout-out from Michael Rooker, (super cool guy) and acclaimed actor from ‘Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer.’ Other mainstream films include Cliffhanger, Days of Thunder, The Bone Collector and Tombstone to name a few. Project Rooker – produced by Joke Productions – Twitter handle: @jokeandbiagio